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Locality Name:
Dariba Mine, Rajpura-Dariba Deposit, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 10505
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10505.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dariba Mine, Rajpura-Dariba Deposit, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°0'0"N
Longitude: 74°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24,74
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Tl 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Tl Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBukoviteCalciteChalcopyriteGeocroniteMeneghiniteNickelineNoneOwyheeite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rayite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thalcusite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1800180009052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11180018000843
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb180018000175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18001800027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218001800027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18001800024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23180018000133
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24180018000158
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S2818001800089
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218001800039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218001800061156
Rayite  (*)None(Ag,Tl)2Pb8Sb8S211800180001
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131800180005317
Thalcusite  (*)Bukovite(Cu,Fe)4Tl2S418001800013
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21800180002562


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-0014418001800?1800 Ma (geological relations)geological relations    Yes  228381Rajpura-Dariba Deposit, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, IndiaRajpura-DaribaTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00228180018001800     Yes  228381Rajpura-Dariba Deposit, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, IndiaRajpura-DaribaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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